physics major class of 09

interesteddad
Wed, 23 Mar 2005 16:08:10 +0000

Physics 6 is no longer offered. Only the seminar version, Physics 6H. Prof. Boccio taught three sections of it this year, each with 10-12 students, most of whom were at least exploring the possibility of majoring in Physics.

In part, this change may be associated with the new goal of offering freshman seminars in as many departments as possible.

Physics 6H appears to meet one of its primary objectives: to give prospective majors enough of a taste of physics and the way it is taught at Swarthmore to decide if they are interested in continuing to pursue Physics as a major. The students presented the problem sets every week (usually after camping out in Boccio’s office for a couple of hours!), so it gave a good sense of the small class environment of the Physics department.